To strike gold on such a phenomenal horror villain who is effortlessly both unsettling and funny without saying a word, only to weigh him down in the third entry with an irritating evil dead homage speaking sidekick is an almost unfathomable decision that drags this down.
Otherwise the evolution in direction, stylisation and further creative budget help this one to paper over the cracks of the second's biggest misstep, the meandering young adult novel style family tale. Unfortunately the further unfolding of this simultaneously confusing and generic lore leaves little excitement for the fourth.
